Game Mechanics: Pets gone mad

Futor · #1 03-02-2011, 06:42 PM

so i noticed a few days ago when some one camped out their pet stayed around after the character dissapeared killed something then despawned. i did not think much about it till last night in hate. first our shaman died and his pet started attacking the party we killed it no big deal and rezed him. then later we had a necro pet attack the group while its owner was still alive the go away button despawned it. any one else noticing this

maegi · #2 03-02-2011, 07:13 PM

Saw a necro pet in lake rathe standing on an empty rowboat apparently swinging at the air, the pet was at 100%, no idea who's pet it was....very weird shit. I've also seen my wife gate on her mage from SolA and her pet stayed behind to do a little mob hunting on it's own...was very ODD...

Rynada · #3 03-02-2011, 07:16 PM

pets have been acting strange since the patch. They no longer poof after you log, zone, gate..... they just hang around and pick fights. This is true for mage pets, necro pets that I have noticed.

maegi · #4 03-02-2011, 07:17 PM

They are tired of being used against their wills. They have developed AI and are going to form parties and hunt US down now!

Teeroyoyort · #5 03-02-2011, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by maegi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They are tired of being used against their wills. They have developed AI and are going to form parties and hunt US down now!

This made me laugh

**Ropethunder** · #6 03-02-2011, 11:56 PM

Technically this is classic. From what I've heard, at release pets would turn into NPCs and go on a rampage attacking PCs or NPCs when their master died.

**nilbog** · #7 03-03-2011, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Ropethunder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Technically this is classic. From what I've heard, at release pets would turn into NPCs and go on a rampage attacking PCs or NPCs when their master died.

This is correct. In classic, if your mage LDed, Jobeker sometimes became a problem. Also in classic pets remembered hateful things done to them.. such as a group member practicing beg skill. If it became an npc, it would attack who it had saved aggro for.

Pet bugs at the moment aren't intentional though, as classic as they may seem!

guineapig · #8 03-03-2011, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by maegi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They are tired of being used against their wills. They have developed AI and are going to form parties and hunt US down now!

This sounds like a great premise for an EQ action-horror web-movie!

mimixownzall · #9 03-03-2011, 12:41 PM

Soon, no one will use 'going postal'. they will use 'going jabarer'

Curtoph · #10 03-03-2011, 02:02 PM

Yeah, I was healing on a Lord Nagafen kill and two mage pets from dead mages started ripping me to shreds, lets just say we did not kill Lord Nagafen... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]